Birthday River Float

Saturday Allie and a few of my friends and I floated the Provo river. Wow was it cold! The bus driver that shuttled us up to the location where people get into the river to float down after renting their tubes told us the water was 52 degrees... brrrr! We had such a blast together. The float is about two hours long and is comprised of several small rapids, a constant current that allows you to float without having to work much, and a few bridges that if you choose to float under you're not suppose to "let your equipment touch the bridge!", as we were told by the shuttle driver.

We decided to get out and walk around the bridges rather than floating under them because we have all heard stories about people who have been flipped over or sucked under or stuck while attempting to float under the bridges. When we got out Allie was trying to dump the water out of the center of her tube so it wouldn't be so heavy to carry. She was successful at dumping the water out of her tube, but gave herself an ice shower in the process, as she accidentally dumped the water on top of herself; so cold she couldn't even scream. Poor thing was freezing during the rest of the float because the wind picked up and we floated through two rain showers! There were several times that we laughed so hard together I almost cried. Afterwards we were so cold that we went to the cocoa bean and got hot chocolate and GIANT cup cakes. Allie and I shared a cup cake called better than whatever, oh and it was totally better than whatever you can imagine! What an amazing way to spend my 25th birthday. We made memories I will never forget :)